What Do You Want? (More)

ByMatthew

What do you want?

I mean, what do you really, really want?

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(Assuming you came up with what you really, really want:)

What do you want more?

Huh?

Whatever it is that you have (now), is what you want more.

WHAT!?

Whatever it is you want most is what you are creating.

In each moment you are making choices that support either: maintenance of what you have or the creation of something else.

It is either one or the other.

You’re either creating what you want or keeping it out of your life.

I’m either creating what I want, or keeping it out of my life.

What are you doing?

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